The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-09

w ''no w iooh "iohS The barrel o
your gun and take aim. You Jus
Tx your eye on the small whizzins
object, throw up the gun and Lei
drive. Perhaps you get bird
and perhaps you don't A mar
who mover had shot ANYTHING
but prairie chickens would lose sigh
OF woodcock before he was hali
ready to fire. Although the wood.
cock is hard to hit, he is easily killed
when you do hit him. After the
woodcock have gone and the leaves
have fallen from the trees, partridge
shooting begns and lasts well into
the winter. Early In the fall the
birds go in large coveys, but later
they get sea tered and go slngly. OF
course they are shot great deal be-
fore snow flies, but the real sport is
In the first winter months; then YOU
must know the ground pretty well,
because the birds take pretty long
lights and arc not SO plenty that you
can let one go and feel certain OF
finding another ,oon. When bird
flies You know by its course
that 1t will go to a certain
thicket, and yen Work to the point.
confident that you will find It. Then
Is when you want dog that will
range closely and carefully md wait
for you when YOU nrp DELAYED by
Differs and brush Two or three birds
in Gays tramp ought 10 satisfy any
BODY who hunts partridgcs for love
OF sport and that Is aboG. all he Is
likely to gpt The partridge is a
quick. sharp fller, rises suddenly and
shoots away without any preliminary
ilourishes. You must shoot promptly.
IL you don't the trees Hot in your
way, and if you stop to take aim YOU
won't soc anything TO aim at.
"ln all this shooting thu satisfac-
ton to q sportsman does not exist in
killing the birds, but in watching the
work OF trained dogs and in the exer-
else of skill, both in finding tho birds
aud hitting them. There is a great
difference IL dogs, and training them
you must study their individual tenn
peraments and capacities Methods
that will succeed with one dog NAV
fail win Another. One will be- intel
ligcnt and quick to learn what you
want him to do. and another vii! bu
slow 10 understand. After making n
dog realize that you must be obeyed.
he only thing necessary is to make
him understand what YOU ruduire of
HIM Settlers and pointers are the
breeds used in hunting birds They
work in the same way. and there Is
not much choice between them. IL
anything the setter Is liable 10 be the
more tractable. Being long-coate,l.
The setter can endure cold better than
he pointer and Is better protected
rom briers and brush. There AFRO
more good settlers than good point.
RS, for the same reason that white
'hccp yield more wool chan black
,nes. IL Is interesting to work in the
held and shoot over thoroughly
broken and intelligent dog. He
'anges Just ahead, working up the
Wind, and when he scents the birds
10 stops, points with his nose in
heir direction aud becomes rs
nOtionlcss as n statue. III
'ou know the dog You can tell very
closely how far ahead the bird i.
When the dog lifts his nose rather
Iigh and shifts the air, the bird is
quite n distance away. II he stands
With his nose poked straight ahead, |
lac bird Is not far away. II ho staads
igid, with his legs bracod aud mus.
les tense and his head turned 10 one
idc. the bird is lying close by, per-
laps within a yard Of the dogs nose. |
have known dogs to get excited and |
ager on a close point and catch the
,irds themselves. but steady dog
will stand perfectly still II the bird h |
within foot Of him. So long rs the |
log remains motionless the birds will |
.ot attempt TO escape. but will lic
I'LL and watch him. Sometimes |
ave stepped forward and picked n
ird up from the grass or out of a |
ole In which II was trying "a hide.
When the bird rises the dog charges.
hat II. he drops Hat upon the
round aud remains there until or.
cred To HE ON or fetch dead birds.
good dog watches the birds that
re shot and remember, where they
All. When ordered TO fetch he goes
ulokly 10 where bird dropped.
lcks IL up carefully to avoid tearing
!, aud brings II 10 his |
iastcr lie will hold II
4 his mouth I'LL his master reaches
s hand out to take IL. When the
os' can not sec the birds fall. be-
an find tnem by scent A keen.
oscd dog can tell the difference 10
wrcu 1--we aud dead birds. ani will
ct point the latter. some dog.
III pont wounded bril-. however.
several BIRDS have bccn shot aud
be- dog has difficulty In locating
hem. he may BE- directed by motions
I the hand. lie keeps one eye ON
h master, aud goes straight ahead
r To one side or the other in obodi-
nee 10 Indications given. An old
og. well trained when young. and
arcfully handled for many seasons
the field by n man who under.
lands dog nature. will hunt rs intel.
entity ~ man. and requires little.
any instruction. lie will range
.ide In an open field and close in
~ brush. quarter mp the wind and
ever go over the same ground
vice. charge at the rise 81 the bird.
nj seek dead ~ soon NJ his master
ives a sign. Shooting over such
og Is the perfection Of sport and
ic filling of the game bag Is OF
iinor importance
On sunday afternoon. August II.
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